European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 17, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes tuesday december 17, 1985 reservations at arc hotels being centralized by computer world today by Clia Ruk Bowden Munich Bureau Gar Misici Germany the army s bavarian re son hotels Are in inc midst of a computer revolution that will Lake the hassle out of their reservation system a spokesman said. Armed forces recreation Center hotels in the Gar Misch area became automated oct. I and  and c him Sec will follow in january said Kerry Phillips reservations systems manager. What this Means is that instead of the stubby Pencil and Eraser. We re now using computers and All  goes with  Phillips said. Phillips said he expects the hotels in Berchtesgaden and Chicks be to be on line by Jan. 15. Reservations for of r a 12 hotels then will be made by dealing one number in Garmisch. In March scheduling for any Afke sports week activities will become a part of Central reservations. The centrals cd reservation system is part of a si.7s million contract awarded this year. C ent Rali ing the reservation system was recommended in a study of arc conducted for the army by the accounting firm of pan Nell. Kerr and Forster. The change will simplify reservations for the customer and allow the reservations clerks to provide More information to the guest Phillips said. Being located in one office will allow for tighter control and fewer  Phillips said. The arc facilities will by cum More As one with reservations handled the same in All three  past complaints from guests often focused on the tact that reservations were handled differently from one Loca Tion to Mother. The arc hotels in the three resort areas also will be linked into the system much like a civilian Hole Chain. They the Hole desk clerks will be Able to to into the terminal and ask the computer whal my staff has put Inlo it Phillips said. If a guest is standing in front of them and is confused about his reservation i the desk clerk has to do is bring it up on the  guests no longer will have to make special trips to the billeting office. They can go s Highl to their Holczl where the clerk confirms the information through the computer and prims out a completed billeting slip. Although cd Nurali cd reservations Means More phone Calls into an already overloaded phone system Phillips said arc is gelling More lines and a rotary system to make the one number concept work. The Central reservations office with a staff of 10, is on daily from 8 . Until f . Peak periods arc monday tuesday and Friday mornings Phillips said. Calls taper off in the afternoons and the office is extremely slow on weekends a time when we d Welcome the  the number for Central reservations in Jannisch is military 2535-574 or ets 440-2574 or civilian 08821 75710. The number to Call for sports week activities is military 2535-571/2/3 or its 440-2571/2/3. Sports week has no civilian line. Clinic for handicapped kids opens of school not Hospital by Tony Nauroth Nuernberg Bureau , Germany the Nuernberg military Community evaluation and treatment Center for handicapped children has opened on the american High school Cam pus in flip rib. The exceptional family member service clinic is the first in Germany to be co located with a school said or. Col Philip Lopiccolo. Pc Dalric and exceptional family member program consultant for the 7th medical come. Lopiccolo who attended Friday s ribbon cutting Cere monies has been guiding the program since its beginning in  in i9ki. Me said he wants to keep efm clinics out of hospitals As a psychological boost for the children who believe a Hospital is a place where sick people go i did t want these kids to have to go through that he said. The Nuernberg clinic is located in a former dormitory at the school. It became available when the american High school in Vilsick opened last year and students from Vilsick and graft Woehr transferred and left the dormitories. 1.1. Col. Cecily David chief of he clinic said the facility was renovated in 10 months for More than $1.25 million. Clinic administrator Fred Macleod said there arc several advantages to the new clinic which had been temporarily housed in the . Army Hospital. Children identified As having learning problems first Are evaluated by a team of department of defense de Pendents schools specialists. If a medical assessment is needed the efm clinic Slaff is right at hand. A second advantage is time. These kids arc slow learners Mcleod said. They need All the classroom time they can get. If they have to go to inc Hospital that s 40 minutes learning time that s lost to  the Only other clinic As close to a school As Nuernberg s is in Vicin a Italy Lopiccolo said. Most other services Are located outside hospitals Midway Between hospitals and schools or near schools he said. The Nuernberg clinic serves 18 schools. Four arc within blocks of the facility and serve about 400 Chil Dren. The others which serve 150 children Are located As far cast As graft Woehr and Vilsick South to Regins Burg West to crash him and North to Bay Rulh. They arc served by circuit Riding therapists Macleod said. Lopiccolo said a satellite clinic is scheduled for completion in Katterbach next March to serve the Ansbach Community. Satellite clinics also arc planned for Giess a Hanau. Heilbronn Baum older and Ulm. The Wurzburg clinic now located in the Hospital is scheduled to move Clour to the children. A Toni Vienna bombing a bomb exploded in a building housing a variety store to Vienna s jewish Section late sunday causing exit nacre damage but no casualties. At left a policeman wat bet a Workman Clear Anay debris. French researchers file suit Paris a researchers at the Pasteur Institute have filed Legal action in the . Court of claims to win recognition of their claim that they discovered the deadly aids virus earlier than their american colleagues. The Institute released a statement saving it Hopes to preserve its rights to commercial and financial applications of the discovery. The right to Market a test for aids could be Worth Many millions of dollars. A statement said a three Man team headed by Luc Montagnie identified the Lymphadenopathy associated virus known As Lav in the Institute s laboratories in january 1983. In december 1983, the Institute said the Frenck re Quested that the us. Patent office Register a cellular compound on which the test is based. But according to the Institute a similar application filed four months later by the is. Government s National institutes of health where Robert c. Galto leads a team of aids researchers was quickly approved. American Canadian conquer 22,343-foot Peak in Himalayas Katmandu Nepal a an american and a Canadian have climbed the 2.2,343-fool mount am dab Lam in the first Success of Nepal s current Winter dim Bulj season the tourism ministry announced. The ministry said Carlos p. Buhler 31, a Moa Stato instructor from Bellingham wah., and Mechael Patri Kennedy 33, a Canadian editor and photographer from Carbondale colo., reached the Summit. We re creating an in Fanf tradition the helmsman become the Iron brigade by Tony Nauroth Nuernberg Bureau Erl Angl a Germany an occasional ship s steering wheel painted on a Wall or displayed in some other fashion around Ferris Barracks used to hint at the old name of the 2nd brigade. 1st army div. Until recently its soldiers were known As the  but brigade officials said the naval reference did t have the right kind of Pizzazz needed to inspire the troops. This is no longer True. In the past few weeks soldiers have been Clearing the naval cobwebs out of their Heads and replacing them with the Iron brigade a name derived from the division nickname old Iron  officials say the helmsman title made some sense. It came from the Iron hard Oak hulled warship the Constitution which was launched in 1797 and nut to sea for the first time in 1798 during an undeclared War against the French. The service of the ship nicknamed old Ironsides also included participation in the War of 1812. The helmsman was the Sailor who steered the ship. The problem was that the landlocked Soldier had to think through All this his. A a lit 4 i Iii party on the weekend. It s called the Iron leaders club now and it s not the Only image change seen by the troops. Brigade planners Riv ?j, Era Sim bar across the 1st army div triangular Patch to produce a steel solid image Fiat s in wb2rey acc nimble and it s every brigade commander col Richard u Goldsmith lifted the Flap on the Efi pocket of his Battle dress uniform underneath was an Iron brigade pm Wuh its unmistakable steel bar Bue to a " were creating an instant tradition. A us i that also has spirits but not historical links to civil War Gen. Fighting Joe Hooker s Tomim from Wisconsin Indiana and of cup. After the Battle of Turner s Gap Tartag the Maryland Campaign. Hooker dabbed these soldiers the Iron brigade be cause they stood like an Iron Wall against the Confederate army. The modern name change has the Blessing of the department of the army. A certificate saying so was signed w Secretary of the army John o. Mutt or. And was officially presented during ceremony last month in Erlanger